Putin threw the roths and soros out of his country. Shouldn;t that tell you everything you need to know?
I don't have a fucking clue how all of these gears are meshing, but putins motivations is clear. Make russia great again. That's probably something we can work with.
https: //www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-25/russia-readies-back-system-potentially-explosive-split-international-banking-system